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Taxonomy
Family:
THIARIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Thiaridae (Family)
> Melanoides (Genus)
> tuberculata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Melanoides tuberculatus (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Images: Melanoides tuberculata (O.F. Müller, 1774)
From aquarium, Te Puna, Bay of Plenty, NZ. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©AJ Goodin
Taxonomy
Family:
THIARIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Thiaridae (Family)
> Melanoides (Genus)
> tuberculata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Melanoides tuberculatus (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Details: Melanoides tuberculata (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Size/Grows to:
Height 32mm
Distribution:
Geothermal spring near Taupo, North Island
Notes:
Red Rimmed Melania, Freshwater, Non-indigenous
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Nov/2003 Another new Freshwater Snail Introduced into New Zealand: Melanoides tuberculata, Cookia, 15 (p.12)
  • Duggan, I.C. 2002 First record of a wild population of the tropical snail Melanoides tuberculata in New Zealand natural waters, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 36(4) (p.825)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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